# Replacement Safety

> If replacing an existing artifact, require prior approval, archive existing artifacts, verify archive persistence, and block new persistence if archival cannot be confirmed.

Record: `algorithms:replacement-safety`
Kind: algorithm
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/algorithms#algorithms-replacement-safety
Closure: https://banes-lab.com/json/records/algorithms/replacement-safety/closure

Listed in [Algorithm contracts](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/algorithms.md), after [Validation Strategy Composition](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/validation-strategy-composition.md) and before [Adapter Rendering](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/adapter-rendering.md).

## Domain

- [Agent creation](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms-domain/agent-creation.md)

## Stage

- [constrain](https://banes-lab.com/records/stage/constrain.md)

## Axis

- [teleology](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/axis-teleology.md)

## Tier

- [process](https://banes-lab.com/records/vocabulary/domain-tier-process.md)

## Math type

- [Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/math-type-optimization.md)

## Force

- [Correctness verification](https://banes-lab.com/records/force/correctness-verification.md)
- [State transaction](https://banes-lab.com/records/force/state-transaction.md)

## Linked from

- [The derivation loop](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/reasoning/reasoning-loop-derivation-loop.md)
- [The axes](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/reasoning/the-axes.md)
- [The mathematics](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/reasoning/the-mathematics.md)
- [Domain tiers](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-vocabulary-domain-tier.md)
- [The forces](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-forces.md)